Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.

The best use of a journal is to print the largest practical amount of important truth: truth which tends to make mankind wiser, and thus happier.

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.

You may be witty, but not satirical.

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.